Novi Sanzhary ( uk, Нові Санжари) is an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

, located in

Poltava Raion Poltava Raion ( uk, Полтавський район) is a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center is the city of Poltava. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Uk ...

Poltava Oblast Poltava Oblast ( uk, Полта́вська о́бласть, translit=Poltavska oblast; also referred to as Poltavshchyna – uk, Полта́вщина, literally 'Poltava Country') is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine. The administrative ...

in central

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, but was formerly the administrative center of

Novi Sanzhary Raion Novi Sanzhary Raion ( uk, Новосанжарський район) was a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Novi Sanzhary. The raion was abolished and its te ...

before its abolition. Population:

History

On 20 February 2020, the Ukrainian evacuees from China due to the

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were taken to Novi Sanzhary. They were met by protesters blocking the buses, throwing stones and engaging in violent clashes with the police. 9 policemen and one civilian were injured. Later, Minister of Healthcare of Ukraine

Zoriana Skaletska Zoriana Stepanivna Skaletska ( ua, Зоряна Степанівна Скалецька, (); born 9 August 1980) is a Ukrainian lawyer, activist and politician and former Minister of Healthcare of Ukraine. Biography Skaletska graduated from ...

promised to join those in quarantine for 14 days.

References

{{Authority control Urban-type settlements in Poltava Raion Kobelyaksky Uyezd Populated places established in 1925